Charles Hill is an automotive worker by day and at night is a joke teller who blends his comedy with music. Equipped with a voice built for radio combined with his quick hitting punchlines he is sure to entertain. He runs the “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” Open Mic night every Tuesday at Gratiot Pub in Clinton Twp, MI. He has traveled all over Michigan and Ohio and has performed at the Toledo Funnybone, One Night Stans Comedy Club, and Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle and opened for comedians J Chris Newberg, Greg Morton and Russell Peters.
Jason Fylan-Mares and Amanda Fylan are a married, two-microphone comedy tandem duo and the proprietors of Doomsday Shelter Comedy for Mental Health – a live comedy production company and mental health advocacy group based in their hometown of Oxford, Michigan. On stage, Jason and Amanda Fylan crack open the institution of 21st century marriage and dive head-first into the ball-pit of shenanigans and tomfoolery found inside.
Jason and Amanda also write and perform their own original, individual comedy routines.
Ryan Brown is an up and coming stand-up comedian who uses “his little comedy thing” as an excuse to both annoy and amuse his family, especially his two teenagers. He’s performed at clubs nationally, from NY to LA; most recently booked at the world famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood, CA. When he’s not on stage you can find him at a gym pretending to work out while eating a quarter pounder with Mac sauce. Nothing is off limits and everything is funny.
Robert has been performing at various locations in Michigan for the past 4 years. Just don’t ask him to sing Karaoke!!
Paolo is what happens when you combine a culturally diverse family upbringing with just the
right amount of dysfunction to make for some hilarious moments. More of a storyteller than a
traditional standup comedian, he weaves his stories about his life and children to come full circle
for an exhilaratingly good time. The offspring of an Italian immigrant and a native Detroiter;
Paolo’s humor hits so close to home that you think he’s talking about your family. If your family
was slightly off and had Italian accents.
Being very active in charities involving children, cancer research and veterans; he has performed
for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, A Mission of Love, and Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Whether he has performed in a club, festival, small town or big city; audiences can agree
on one thing. He’s funny
Downriver born and bred, Comedy Store regular, world-traveled with Comics on Duty, HBO Max’s “No Sudden Move”
With a mix of storytelling and unique observations of everyday life, Eric has a broad comedy style that is entertaining for adults of any age. With topics ranging from roadkill to marriage to helping senior citizens use computers, there is tons of fun for everyone! Eric has performed at The Laugh Factory in Chicago, The State Theater in Bay City, Michigan, and in various bars, banquet halls, and ballrooms up and down Michigan and in cities across America including New York, New Orleans, and Philadelphia. His high energy is infectious and guaranteed to leave you wanting more!
Billy Ray has performed in 40 states and in Canada at comedy clubs, casinos and corporate functions for many major companies including General Motors and Microsoft. Billy Ray has appeared on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Show and was named best local comedian for 2017 by Hour Detroit magazine.
Ann Duke has been on stage most of her life. As a small child she caught the theatre bug participating in school plays and then joining her local theatre troupe at age 12. She studied theatre at University of Michigan earning both a B.A. and M.A.
Life took its twists and turns as Duke spent the early years of her career owning a Fine Arts Gallery and lecturing on Twentieth Century architecture and design. That was followed by a long stint in publishing as one of the founders of Hour Detroit magazine.
In 2019, she got the bug to perform on stage again and tried her hand at stand-up by participating in comedy classes at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle. Duke has been a fan of Ridley’s for years and fondly remembers meeting comics like Bob Saget, Dave Coulier and Louie Anderson in the eighties and nineties at the club’s original location on Woodward Avenue.
Now, over three years later, she has performed at comedy shows across the region and has become a favorite among “women of a certain age,” who can relate to the trials and tribulations of getting older, being single in your sixties and battling body image issues. “As long as my boobs are sticking out further than my belly, I figure I’m winning the battle!” She laments in her segment on undergarments.
Duke has become an accomplished emcee and has hosted multiple shows at Mark
Ridley’s Comedy Castle including Thanksgiving weekend of 2021 opening for Nathan Timmell. Other hosting duties have included shows at Little Camille’s by the Bay, the Marvelous Misses Show in Brighton, Doomsday Shelter at the Grave Cap in Oxford, the BLAC Comedy Showcase, numerous open mics, and multiple Comedy Fundraisers. She is booked to emcee at the Traverse City Comedy Club in June 2022.
By day, Duke is the Director of Philanthropy for Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County and consults as Associate Publisher of BLAC Detroit magazine. She lives in Bloomfield Hills.
